Meaning and origin of phrases. 2013.
beat swords into ploughshares — If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is plowshares ) … The small dictionary of idiomes
beat swords into ploughshares — If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is plowshares ) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
beat swords into ploughshares — beat/turn swords into ploughshares formal to stop preparing for war and to start using the money you previously spent on weapons to improve people s lives. It would have been unrealistic to expect a country like the United States to turn swords… … New idioms dictionary
beat swords into ploughshares — ► beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the books of Isaiah (chapter 2) and Micah (chapter 4).] Main Entry: ↑sword … English terms dictionary
beat swords into ploughshares — beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends Origin: with biblical allusion to Is. 2:4 and Mic. 4:3 … Useful english dictionary
beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares — devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends. [with biblical allusion to Is. 2:4 and Mic. 4:3.] → sword … English new terms dictionary
turn swords into ploughshares — beat/turn swords into ploughshares formal to stop preparing for war and to start using the money you previously spent on weapons to improve people s lives. It would have been unrealistic to expect a country like the United States to turn swords… … New idioms dictionary
turn swords into ploughshares — ► beat (or turn) swords into ploughshares devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends. [ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to the books of Isaiah (chapter 2) and Micah (chapter 4).] Main Entry: ↑sword … English terms dictionary
Swords to ploughshares — is a concept in which military weapons or technologies are converted for peaceful civilian applications. The plowshare is often used to symbolize creative tools that benefit mankind, as opposed to destructive tools of war, symbolized by the sword … Wikipedia
Pitstop Ploughshares — The Pitstop Ploughshares are a group of five members of the Catholic Worker who made their way into Shannon Airport and damaged a US Navy C 40 transport in the early hours of 3 February 2003. Their actions were inspired by the vision of Isaiah… … Wikipedia
